πτῶμα

πτῶμα -τος, τό

(πίπτω), [in LXX: Dom 14,8 (מַפֶּלֶת), Job 16,15 (14) (פֶּרֶץ), Es 51,19 (שֹׁד), Jdt 8,19, Wis 4,18, al. ;]

1. a fall, metaphorically, a misfortune, calamity (Trag., Plat., Polyb., al.; LXX).

2. That which has fallen;

(a) of buildings, a ruin (Polyb.);

(b) of living creatures, in cl. (poët. only) usually with genitive, νεκρῶν, etc., but also absol., as in late writers and NT, a fallen body, a carcase, corpse: Matt 14,12; 24,28, Mark 15,45; π. αὐτοῦ, Mark 6,29 αὐτῶν, Åb 11,8-9 (cf. Rutherford, NPhr., 472 f.).†